(VERMONT) [Lumbard Joshua] Diary of a Vermont farmer

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(VERMONT.) [Lumbard, Joshua.] Diary of a Vermont farmer. 4 volumes. [32, 30, 22, 20] manuscript pages. Various sizes, mostly folio, in stitched gatherings; moderate dampstaining but clean and legible. Included are 1 January to 15 December 1842; 1 January 1848 to 27 February 1850; 15 July 1851 to 13 January 1853; and 24 February 1853 to 14 July 1854. (JMR) [West Windsor, VT], 1842-1854

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Joshua Lumbard (1792-1878) was a lifelong resident of West Windsor, VT. This terse diary is written in single-line entries, sometimes with several entries in a day; it also doubled as a crude account book. He does not sign the diary at any point, but he does mention his daughters Vernara, Susan, and Charlotte frequently, as well as his servant Carlos Strong, all shown with him in the 1850 census. He often describes butchering beef, collecting maple sap, and gathering wood in addition to the typical farm routines.